Category: Ohio Attorney General

AG Yost Urges Congress to Support Bill to Prevent School Shootings

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 40 other attorney general is urging Congress to pass the EAGLES Act, a national program...

Mass Polluter Pleads Guilty to Illegal Dumping, Violating Ohio EPA Orders

(BATAVIA, Ohio) — A local waste hauler is facing possible prison time after pleading guilty to environmental crimes after an investigation by Ohio Attorney...

Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Law Protecting Unborn Children with Down Syndrome

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld an Ohio law that forbids doctors from performing abortions...

Attorney General Yost Fights Unlawful Sales of Fake Vaccination Cards

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent...

Attorney General Yost Opens Investigation into Columbus Zoo Amid Allegations

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that an investigation has been opened following recent allegations involving two executives at the...

Two Suspects Sought in Human Trafficking Case – Alleged Co-Conspirator Arrested Today; 2 More in Custody

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force is asking the public to help locate two individuals associated with a man who...

AG Yost Investigation Finds That Girl Scouts Troop Leader Stole Cookie Money

(PATASKALA, Ohio) — An investigation by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has resulted in the indictment of a Girl Scouts troop...

AG Yost Seeks to Stop Federal Government from Holding Ohio’s Stimulus Funds Hostage

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a motion for preliminary injunction against a part of the American Rescue Plan Act...

Belmont County Major Drug Interdiction Task Force Seizes 9 Pounds of Meth, Arrests Suspect

(ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Governor Mike DeWine and Belmont County Sheriff David M. Lucas today announced a significant methamphetamine...

AG Yost Kicks Off Sunshine Week with Release of Updated ‘Yellow Book’

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today released the 2021 edition of the Sunshine Laws Manual, a one-stop resource for information on the...

Ohio Sues Multiple Centene Entities for Breach of Medicaid Contracts

Centene Corp. used layers of Pharmacy Benefit Managers to jack up prices for tax payer-financed care, Yost says COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio has sued health-care...

Marion County Judge, Wife Convicted in Hit-and-Run

(MARION, Ohio) — A Marion County Common Pleas judge and his wife have been found guilty of multiple felony charges stemming from a June...

Stark County Man, Nonprofit Indicted in Theft of Charitable Donations

(CANTON, Ohio) — A Stark County man and his nonprofit organization have been indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $375,000 in charitable donations over three...

Illegal Dumping Investigation Yields Three Indictments in Northeast Ohio

(AKRON, Ohio) — A Summit County grand jury this week indicted two men and a junk-removal business in connection with illegal dumping in Copley Township, Attorney...

Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on Public Corruption Charges

(AKRON, Ohio) — Two former FirstEnergy executives have been reindicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney...

Yost Sues Northeast Ohio Contractor Accused of Shoddy, Incomplete Home Improvements

(WARREN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Mahoning Valley contractor who allegedly performed substandard home-improvement work or failed to complete...

Yost Sues Online Seller of Model Trains for Failure to Deliver Products

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Brecksville man accused of taking consumers’ money for collectible model trains that he...